Improvement in presses for removing liquiumatters from various substances



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JASON WATERS, OF WEST SUTTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 108,657, dated October 25', 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all persons to whom these presents may come Be it known that I,JASON WATERS, ot' West Sutton, of the county of lVorcester, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improved Press for Removing LiquidMatters from various Substances, or for other useful purposes; and I dohereby declare the same to be fully described in the followingspecification and repre-sented in the accompanying drawing, of which-Figure 1 is a top View,

Figure 2 a front elevation, and

Figures 3 and 4 transverse sections of the said press.

In the said drawing- A denotes the bedpf the press, such bed being ofcast-iron, and provided with a gutter or channel, a, extending aroundit, and terminating in a dischargingnose or spout, b.

From opposite parts of such bed 'two standards, B G, rise, one, B, beingrmly fastened to the bed, and the other, G, being pivoted thereto, so asto be capable of being revolved horizontally, its pivot o r centerpinbeing shown at c. 'lo the upper end of 'the said pivoted standard C astrong cross-head, D, is hinged at one end, asshown at d, so as to becapable of being turned from a hori- Zonta-l up into a verticalposition.

At its other endv the cross-head has au ear, c, arranged to receive abolt or pin, f, which goes through it and into a corresponding ear,g,'formed on the standard B, the whole being for the purpose of enablingtheY cross-head to be either locked to or unlocked from the standard B,as circumstances may require.

A screw-shaft, E, is arranged vertically through Athe middle of thecross-head and extends below it, and is provided with a head or cross,F, to rest and hear upon a follower or disk, G, placed within theforaminous case H of the press.

A beveled gear, I, arranged within a chamber, K, formed through thecross-head D, has a female screw, L, to receive the male screw M of theshaft E. A

This gear I has two ranges of teeth, as shown at h and i, one rangebeing concentric with respect to the other.

The teeth of each range are to be formed so as to receive and work withthose of a verticalbevel gear., N7 arranged upon a horizontal shaft, O,which is disposed within the cross-head iu manner as represented, thesaid gear N being'so applied to the shaft O as tp be capable of Mbeingmoved endwise thcrcon in order to carry the gear N into enga-gement witheither of the ranges h. t' of tecthof the nut-gear I.

In order to enable this to be done I form each of the several teeth ofthe bevel gears wedge-shaped at one 'end of it, as represented.

A forked slider, B, inserted in a groove, 7.1,.formed in the hub of thegear N, and provided with a clampnut, Z, and arranged to move in a slot,lm, madein the cross-head, serves to hold the gear N in engagement witheither of the ranges of' teeth ofthe bevelgear. 4

By putting the driving bevel-gear into engagement with the inner rangeof teeth of the screw-nut or gear I, the press may be worked faster thanwhen the.

driving-gear isin engagement with the outer range of teeth of the saidgear I.

On its out-er end the shaft O has a spur-gear, n. Such shaft also has auarm, Il, arranged to revolve freely on it, the said arm being providedwith sockets, o o, to receive a bar, p. l

Figure 5 is a section, taken through the rot-ary arm and the spur-gearon the shaft O, and also through the duplex-toothed pawl of such arm.

This duplex-toothed pawl is shown at q, and is formed as represented,viz., with the two teeth c' s, so as to be capable of being applied tothe gear in a manner to operato orv turn it around in either direction.

The pawl i-s pivoted to the arm so as to bc movable therein in a mannerto carry either tooth, r' or s, of the pawl into action with the teethof the gear.

The body or case H of the press I construct iu two semicircularsections, tt, bolted together, as shown at n n, in a manner to enablethemito be readily separated.

The body ot' each section is a foi'aminous plate pro vided with a seriesof vertical ribs, v e, projecting from its outer surface and connectedby horizontal hoops or bands zo w, the whole being as shown in thedrawing.

There is applied to this body, which, when in use, rests end downward onthe bed A, one or more disks, K K', having a diameter equal to or alittle less than that of the interior of the case.

rIhe said disk or disks are shown as arranged. on a wire or rod, L,fixed .to the case and formed and arranged as represented, suchconnecting the disk or disks to the case and enabling such disk or diskstobe moved into 'and out of it, and to move down within it, as occasionmay require.

These disks are for the purpose of separating thc pressed matter intoshort cylinders or cakes, as, aft-er a quantity of the material to bepressed (whether it be tobacco, cheese, curd, or any Vegetablesubstance,) may have been thrown into the body or case H, one of thedisks may be dropped in upon the mass, after which a further quantity ofthe material may be put in the case, a second disk being. subsequentlyinserted. Finally, the follower is to be put iu the case and thcscrew-nut pnt in operation, so as to causo the followerto be depressedwithin the case and the charge of the latter to be duly compressed.

The liquid driven out of the mass of matter while the latter may be. inthe process of' being condensed will flow through the perforations ofthe ease and into -the gutter of the base,-fron1 whence it will escapeby the nose or spout thereof.

By pivoting the cross-head of the press to its movable standard and thelatter to the base of the press in manner as set forth, I am enabled toreadily raise the screw and its cross ont of the body H, and turn suchscrew and cross aside outof the way of s nch body, for convenience ofgetting at the contents of the body, or for facilitating the removal ofthe body from the base A.

In the press, as above described, I claim as of my invention thefollowing; that is to say- 1 The case H, constructed as set forth, viz.,of the two foraminous body portions, combined together and havingvertical ribs and horizontal bands applied thereto, the whole being asdescribed and'represented.

2. The cross-heini.I of the press, and its movable standard C, aspivoted together, and with the latter pivoted to the base A, asexplained.

JASON WATERS.

Witnesses:

S. B. I. GODDARD, GALEB DANA.

